A devastated paralyzed CEO in a bikini crossed paths with a single father in swim shorts and his little daughter on the beach—what she discovered about him changed her entire life

Chapter 10

Later, after Lucy was asleep and the dishes were done, Claire rolled onto the porch alone for a minute and watched the moon draw a silver road over the black water.

She had come to the coast to disappear before other people could erase her.

Instead, she had found the flaw in the structure, stopped the collapse, and discovered that surviving one kind of ruin did not disqualify you from building again.

Inside, she could hear Nate moving through the kitchen.

A home sound.

A human sound.

The kind you go toward.

Claire Bennett turned her chair and went back in.

**THE END**